Internal And External Causes Of Language Change

Author : Nikolaos Lavidas,Alexander Bergs,Elly van Gelderen,Ioanna Sitaridou
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031309762

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Internal and External Causes of Language Change by Nikolaos Lavidas,Alexander Bergs,Elly van Gelderen,Ioanna Sitaridou Pdf

This volume collects ten studies that propose modern methodologies of analyzing and explaining language change in the case of various morpho-phonological and morpho-syntactic characteristics. The studies were first presented in the fourth, fifth and sixth workshops at the “Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe” summer schools, organized on the island of Naxos, Cyclades, Greece and online between 2019 and 2021. The book is divided into two parts that both focus on modern tools and methodologies of analyzing and accounting for language change. The first part focuses on common directions of change in Indo-European languages and beyond, and the second part emphasizes explanations that reveal the role of language contact. The volume promotes a dialogue between approaches to language change having their starting point in structural and typological aspects of the history of languages on the one hand, and approaches concentrating on external factors on the other. Through this dialogue, the volume enriches knowledge on the contrast or complementarity of internally- and externally-motivated causes of language change.

Author : Nikolaos Lavidas,Alexander Bergs,Elly van Gelderen,Ioanna Sitaridou
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3031309758

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Internal and External Causes of Language Change by Nikolaos Lavidas,Alexander Bergs,Elly van Gelderen,Ioanna Sitaridou Pdf

This volume collects ten studies that propose modern methodologies of analyzing and explaining language change in the case of various morpho-phonological and morpho-syntactic characteristics. The studies were first presented in the fourth, fifth and sixth workshops at the “Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe” summer schools, organized on the island of Naxos, Cyclades, Greece and online between 2019 and 2021. The book is divided into two parts that both focus on modern tools and methodologies of analyzing and accounting for language change. The first part focuses on common directions of change in Indo-European languages and beyond, and the second part emphasizes explanations that reveal the role of language contact. The volume promotes a dialogue between approaches to language change having their starting point in structural and typological aspects of the history of languages on the one hand, and approaches concentrating on external factors on the other. Through this dialogue, the volume enriches knowledge on the contrast or complementarity of internally- and externally-motivated causes of language change.

Author : Mari C. Jones,Edith Esch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:902055910

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Language Change: the Interplay of Internal, External and Extra-linguistic Factors by Mari C. Jones,Edith Esch Pdf

Author : Lyle Campbell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262532670

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Historical Linguistics by Lyle Campbell Pdf

This accessible, hands-on text not only introduces students to the important topicsin historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to thinkabout the issues; abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historicallinguistics. Distinctive to this text is its integration of the standard topics with others nowconsidered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguisticcontributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguisticprehistory. Examples are taken from a broad range of languages; those from the more familiarEnglish, French, German, and Spanish make the topics more accessible, while those fromnon-Indo-European languages show the depth and range of the concepts they illustrate.This secondedition features expanded explanations and examples as well as updates in light of recent work inlinguistics, including a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexicaldiffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread.

Author : Marinel Gerritsen,Dieter Stein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110127474

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Internal and External Factors in Syntactic Change by Marinel Gerritsen,Dieter Stein Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Author : Mari C. Jones,Edith Esch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110892598

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Language Change by Mari C. Jones,Edith Esch Pdf

This volume focuses on the interface of different motivating factors that contribute to language change. It combines linguistic case studies with current theoretical debate and contains hitherto unpublished data from English, French, Karaim, Modern Greek, Jordanian, Spanish, Latin and Arabic.

Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270436

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A History of the English Language by Elly van Gelderen Pdf

The English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research. Most suggestions brought up by users and reviewers have been incorporated, for instance, a family tree for Germanic has been added, Celtic influence is highlighted much more, there is more on the origin of Chancery English, and internal and external change are discussed in much greater detail. The philosophy of the revised book remains the same with an emphasis on the linguistic history and on using authentic texts. My audience remains undergraduates (and beginning graduates). The goals of the class and the book are to come to recognize English from various time periods, to be able to read each stage with a glossary, to get an understanding of typical language change, internal and external, and to understand something about language typology through the emphasis on the change from synthetic to analytic. This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website

Author : B. Anderson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230582422

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Migration, Accommodation and Language Change by B. Anderson Pdf

This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area.

Author : Ole Nedergaard Thomsen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027247940

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Competing Models of Linguistic Change by Ole Nedergaard Thomsen Pdf

The articles of this volume are centered around two competing views on language change originally presented at the 2003 International Conference on Historical Linguistics in the two important plenary papers by Henning Andersen and William Croft. The latter proposes an evolutionary model of language change within a domain-neutral model of a 'generalized analysis of selection', whereas Henning Andersen takes it that cultural phenomena could not possibly be handled, i.e. observed, described, understood, in the same way as natural phenomena. These papers are models of succinct presentation of important theoretical framework. The other papers present and discuss additional models of change, e.g. invisible hand-processes, system-internal models, functional and cognitive models. Most papers do not subscribe to the evolutionary model; instead, they focus on functional factors in the selection and propagation of variants (as opposed to factors of code efficiency), or on cognitive and pragmatic perspectives. Several papers are inspired by the late Eugenio Coseriu and by Henning Andersen's theories on language change. In particular, the volume contains articles proposing interesting grammaticalization studies and extended models of grammaticalization. The clear presentation of important and competing approaches to fundamental questions concerning language change will be of high interest for scholars and students working in the field of diachrony and typology. The languages referred to in the papers include Cantonese, the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages, Danish, English, Eskimo languages, German, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Author : Joan Bybee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107020160

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Language Change by Joan Bybee Pdf

This new introduction explores all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use.

Author : Claire Bowern,Bethwyn Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317743231

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The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics by Claire Bowern,Bethwyn Evans Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; models of language change; and the importance of historical linguistics for other subfields of linguistics and other disciplines. Divided into five sections, the volume encompass a wide range of approaches and addresses issues in the following areas: historical perspectives methods and models language change interfaces regional summaries Each of the thirty-two chapters is written by a specialist in the field and provides: a introduction to the subject; an analysis of the relationship between the diachronic and synchronic study of the topic; an overview of the main current and critical trends; and examples from primary data. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in this area. Chapter 28 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315794013.ch28

Author : Manuel Díaz-Campos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780429577956

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The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish by Manuel Díaz-Campos Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish provides an up-to-date overview of the latest research examining sociolinguistic approaches to analyzing variation in Spanish. Divided into three sections, the book includes the most current research conducted in Spanish variationist sociolinguistics. This comprehensive volume covers phonological, morphosyntactic, social, and lexical variation in Spanish. Each section is further divided into subsections focusing on specific areas of language variation, highlighting the most salient and current developments in each subfield of Hispanic sociolinguistics. As such, this Handbook delves further into the details of topics relating to variation and change in Spanish than previous publications, with a focus on the symbolic sociolinguistic value of specific phenomena in the field. Encouraging readers to think critically about language variation, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of Hispanic sociolinguistics. The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish will be a welcome addition to specialists and students in the fields of linguistics, Hispanic linguistics, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology.

Author : Johanita Kirsten
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498577212

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Written Afrikaans since Standardization by Johanita Kirsten Pdf

This book examines a century of language change in written Afrikaans since it's standardization in the early twentieth century. It also explores theoretical questions regarding language change, contact induced language change, and external influences on language use.

Author : Graham Thurgood
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0824821319

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From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects by Graham Thurgood Pdf

Based on a reconstruction of ancient Chamic, with care taken to identify inherited Austronesian words as well as loan words and their sources, this text points out what the linguistic evidence tells us about the history of the region, and sketches the major consequences of historical contact on linguistic change in the history of Chamic.

Author : Andreas H. Jucker,Irma Taavitsainen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110214284

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Historical Pragmatics by Andreas H. Jucker,Irma Taavitsainen Pdf

The Handbook of Historical Pragmatics provides an authoritative and accessible overview of this versatile new field in pragmatics devoted to a diachronic study of language use and human interaction in context. It covers all areas of historical pragmatics from grammaticalization theory to pragmatic entities, such as discourse markers, speech acts and politeness to individual discourse domains from scientific writing to literary discourse. Each contribution, written by a leading specialist, gives a succinct, representative and up-to-date overview of research questions, theories, methods and recent developments in the field.